REAL INTERNET CHINESE
plastic sister flowers
a fake friendship between women: all smiles outside, all knives within
- Who can you say it to?
- Friends and coworkers Normal among people your own age. Skip it with elders, clients and officials.
- Out loud, or only typed?
- Say it or type it Works out loud and in chat.
- Is it still used?
- Settled in Past the fad stage, part of everyday speech.
When to say it
Photos at every brunch, compliments served with a smile, then the group chat behind her back splits into a different group chat. The plastic is the material: shiny, cheap, impossible to compost. From a celebrity feud fans still fight over. Used about classmate circles, office alliances, your own friends on a bad week.
Hear it in the wild
Tāmen liǎ shì sùliào jiěmèi huā, hùxiāng chāitái.
Those two are plastic sisters, always undercutting each other.
Sùliào jiěmèi huā, sàn le yě bù kěxī.
A plastic friendship, no great loss now that it broke.
Quick answers
What does 塑料姐妹花 mean?
a fake friendship between women: all smiles outside, all knives within
When do people say 塑料姐妹花?
Photos at every brunch, compliments served with a smile, then the group chat behind her back splits into a different group chat. The plastic is the material: shiny, cheap, impossible to compost. From a celebrity feud fans still fight over. Used about classmate circles, office alliances, your own friends on a bad week.
When should you not say 塑料姐妹花?
Venting about your own circle is one thing; saying it about someone else's friends to their face starts a war.
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